Table Tennis
Formidable Chinese presence in Varazdin, Chen Yi seeking Ulaanbaator form
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Tuesday, 17 September 2019 19:28
Also successful earlier this year on the ITTF World Junior Circuit in Italy, when she won the junior girls’ singles event, Chen Yi is a member of a very strong Chinese contingent on duty in Varazdin. Notably she lines up alongside Wu Yangchen, Yuan Yuan and Kuai Man; all players who like Chen Yi have impressed in recent months. Wu…
Sathiyan the silver lining for India
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Tuesday, 17 September 2019 04:13
A journey of major effort An engineer by education, Sathiyan hails from the city of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, south India. At the age of 18 in 2011, the Indian table tennis star took home bronze at the ITTF Junior World Championships, and that is when he first showcased his class for the world to admire. Having…
Mission accomplished, China imperious
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Tuesday, 17 September 2019 07:27
Focused, Liu Shiwen gave China the ideal start by beating Miu Hirano (13-11, 11-4, 11-3); thus maintaining her perfect record against the Japanese teenager, eight encounters eight wins. Chen Meng followed suit, she overcame Kasumi Ishikawa (11-9, 12-10, 11-1), thus avenging the defeat she had experienced two months earlier when they had met at the quarter-final stage on the ITTF…
Demanding opening day, notable performances
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Monday, 16 September 2019 17:52
Competing in class 7, Pavao Jozic accounted for Spain’s Jordi Morales, the no.2 seed and reigning world champion (10-12, 12-10, 3-11, 12-10, 11-8); a hard fought success it was the same for Dezso Bereczki in class 9, he overcame Italy’s Mohamed Amine Kalem, also the no.2 seed and bronze medallist at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (11-8, 2-11, 7-11, 11-8,…
Four teams remain, who will prevail in Yogyakarta
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Monday, 16 September 2019 18:41
China v Singapore The first semi-final of the day sees favourites China take on Singapore at 10.00am local time in what should prove to be an exciting contest. So far, we’ve only had the one glimpse at the Chinese women’s team in Yogyakarta, but that encounter with DPR Korea was all we need to know they mean business. Liu Shiwen…
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